We live in cold New England. As we've aged, the winters have gotten harder on us. We decided years ago that, instead of buying each other yule gifts, we would spend the money on a winter getaway (some time in Mid January to Mid March or so). The goal is to get somewhere warm, and sunny. Ideally on the ocean, but a lake beach or a pool would be good. Also, a hot tub is really a necessity these days due to my spouse's legs doing ::waves hands vaguely:: weird things.

We used to go to Florida and stay in cheap motels. But then I found cruises were a really great deal. So we took many cruises out of Florida, until Florida decided that they didn't want our money any more (we are a queer couple, my spouse is trans).

Then we shifted to cruises out of northern ports. Advantages being we could drive to the ports, or catch a bus that will take us there. So we could afford slightly more expensive cruises because of the savings on air fares. But those days are coming to an end, too. We're on a fixed income, but the cruise prices have gone up.

So now I'm digging around again. Looking at Tucson, Arizona (a bastion of LGBTQ+ folks) and Las Vegas. Sunny, hot, pools, hot tubs… AARP has travel packages for me. They're still a bit more expensive than I wish, but I can't have everything. We'll fly in, get transport to our lodging, then just lay by the pool and maybe go out a few times for dinner, maybe shop at a market (if I can find us lodging near some sort of market).

It'll definitely break up the winter for us. Years ago I wouldn't even have considered Vegas as a place to go. As I age, though, things change. It's … weird.

So if y'all have thoughts on places in/around Vegas (we don't drink, we don't gamble, we will literally be laying by the pool reading or playing quiet board/card games in some spot in the hotel) or Tucson that might work well with some proximity to, oh, I dunno nothing too adventurous, I'm all ears.

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Here is suspicious quiet in the other room. I ask the kid what she's doing. She responds "Guess!"

The options are many, but none are reassuring. Schrodinger's cat is definitely dead. The question is how mangled it is.

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